Personally, I usually advise against the Pfitz for a first marathon. It's a very intense, unrelenting training plan. But, to each his own...
Personally, I usually advise against the Pfitz for a first marathon. It's a very intense, unrelenting training plan.
But, to each his own...
Few people do it exactly as it is required. They always end up modifying it slightly anyway. Especially the first time. I've only felt really comfortable with it the 4th or 5th time I used it.
EDIT: I guess that's why it's called "Advanced"
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
Mmmmm...beer
I think it depends on where a person is when they start the plan, not all first time marathoners are the same.
Edit: But lily has a point, it is called 'advanced" for a reason.
-Dave
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I thought about using Pfitz for my first but I decided that it was too intense for me and it scared me away. I decided on a Glover plan instead. Same MPW peak (55) but there's less quality.
Lots of good advice has already been given but I'll throw in my perspective after just now completing his 18/70 for the first time.
Well, that got longer than I intended ... but I am on taper so cut a guy some slack.
Train smart ... race smarter.
Bruce has right. See, you're not so taper crazy. Yet.
Thanks Bruce, good advice, getting ready to start the 18/70 soon. Good luck at your race!
Am too crazy! You just can't see it through my typing ...
Seriously, this one is tough mentally. I woke up at 2 AM this morning and was thinking about how should I best pin my bib on a my new singlet.
I wrote "Bruce has right". I need more coffee. Or I have tapering leftover. One of the two.
You'll be fine, Bruce. Being nervous before a race is the sign you're a good racer.
Or it is a personality trait, which is fine as well.
Definitely the case with me as I only stopped getting nerves last year after 10 years of racing.
Hubby is a great racer and I have never seem him nervous, like ever. It's highly annoying.
Definitely the case with me as I only stopped getting nerves last year after 10 years of racing. Hubby is a great racer and I have never seem him nervous, like ever. It's highly annoying.
I don't get nervous either, it's all business for me. So I would annoy you as well. ; )
I can't ever imagine that. Plus of course it only annoys me because he is my hubby, cause that's the way
spouses are.
Of course I'm sure my pre-races nerves and multiple potty visits drive him crazy, he is just too nice to say anything.
I hate flying too, every second of it and don't relax for one minute. He loves it. The flight to Ireland is going to be fun, NOT.
Race day is actually fine for me ... it's all the free time beforehand when I can obsess over the minutia that has absolutely no bearing on the actual race. I mean, come on ... how I attach my bib is hardly reason to wake up at 2.
Just B.S. - I'm with you on the flying ... I don't like crowded spaces all that much and cannot get comfortable to sleep on a plane - even transatlantic flights. My wife, on the other hand can fall asleep within a minute of takeoff and sleep soundly for the entire flight.
So, you are going to do Lehigh?
I hope so. I want an FE!